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Action games based on fighting franchises lead to terrible things. Bad control, bad plots and bad gameplay have routinely marred this fruitless plan. It's a crime against gaming nature, like trying to breed a Nintendo fanboy with, well, anything. After several gruesome experiments, has Midway finally discovered the dark ritual to successfully merge the two?
Indeed. Behold the abomination!
The same blood that washed the walls of its fighter forebears pumps through Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monk's gameplay, but the body of the beast has evolved. Arcade mode, the wimpy thorax of the fighting game, has been replaced by a long, serpentine tail of a beat-em-up campaign. Atop this tail have been placed twin, grim heads of single and cooperative play, and when gamers aren't busy obliterating enemy fodder, they can turn on one another in the game's Versus mode.
Shaolin Monks, then, is a versatile animal, capable of ripping through the hours in more ways than any Kombat before it. But as is often the case with acts of mad science, the operation responsible for this deviation was far from clean. Scars and flaws cover areas where its creators were either too busy or too insane to patch things up properly.
And as neat as some weird surgery involving tails and thoraxes sounds, the tale told in Shaolin Monks is awful. Some hunchbacked Midway employee must have been in an awful hurry to dig up a story, because this pretty much decomposes before your very eyes.
At the end of the first Mortal Kombat game, the heroes defeat Shang Tsung and drive him from Earth realm. According to Shaolin Monks, Tsung then challenges Raiden, kicks his ass, assumes his guise and sends Liu Kang and Kung Lao on a bunch of errands in the Outworld.
The tale twists – sort of – when Shang Tsung reveals himself and tells the two warriors that they have been doing the bidding of his master, Shao Khan. But you, the player, already knew this thanks to a handy cut-scene explaining it right from the start. The only thing that's truly shocking is the inability of the warriors to figure out the truth before Shang Tsung spells it out for them.
What you're actually doing for Shao Khan, though, remains a mystery even after you kick his ass into little pieces. All you know is that you've just killed a thousand people with your bare hands, and this giant, WWF reject wants to put his entire empire on the line by fighting you. Whatever, his funeral.
The real story is the game's over-the-top, solid action. Shaolin Monks is a three-dimensional beat-em-up with some veins borrowed from games like Final Fight. You choose to fight as either Liu Kang or Kung Lao (don't worry, they aren't as similar as their names make them sound), and run through 3D environments lifted from previous Kombats while dispatching waves of Outworld enemies with simple but effective combos.
While the soul of the button-masher wasn't entirely exorcised here, your attacks at least come in three flavors: quick, knockdown, and launcher. Quick attacks can be linked together for a long, decent combo, launchers knock enemies into the air for juggling, and knockdowns tend to slam your enemies into the ground. Each type has its own face button, so you can easily chain together some awesome combos instead of just mashing the same attack repeatedly.
Things literally take off when you knock enemies into the air. You can jump after them, beat on them a bit, knock them even higher into the air, bounce them off the ground and finally throw them into the bed of spikes that looks coziest. While you can't rip into opponents as deeply as you could in the fighting games, you can still ruin their lives in oodles of gooey ways, and there are hundreds – if not thousands – of virtual lives to end.
There are also buttons for blocking and throwing as well as one that acts like a Shift key, turning your normal attacks into special moves. For Liu Kang this means a fireball, flying kick, and a powerful uppercut. Blocking and special moves are governed by a power meter that depletes with use and refills when you run. The only downer here is the fact that you can't execute special moves in midair.
If you tire of beating your enemies lifeless, you can always cut them into little pieces with any bladed weapons you find lying about. While the combos here are pretty limited, every once in a while you'll attack an enemy and a corner of his head, or the whole thing, will pop off like a grape. Fatality!
Speaking of which, as you beat on baddies, your Fatality meter fills up. Once full (of blood, of course), you can initiate a fatality by entering the right combo. You learn these by completing various combos and doing other cool things to enemies. Watch with delight as your character rips a head off here or kicks off some balls there.
Sometimes you'll wind up exposing an enemy's brains, which is always a shocker since your foes never exhibit any kind of intelligence. They're always on attack mode and most have one or two strikes they'll throw at you constantly. The difficulty lies in the fact that some of these attacks are pretty gnarly, like setting you on fire.
The boss battles are excellent. You get the classic Mortal Kombat feel of squaring off against Baraka, for example, but now he's the master of his own level and can do things befitting a boss. When you rough him up a little, he'll leap out of the fight, grab an innocent monk, and hurl him into a nearby fire. The monk will run out into the arena screaming and burning, transformed from a mild-mannered holy-man into a psychotic, flaming demon. Must have been the Kool-Aid.
Bosses aren't the only ones who can use environmental hazards to their advantage, though. Shaolin Monks is bristling with spikes, cliffs, meat grinders, acid pools, hooks, hungry trees and angry serpents. These hazards serve one of two purposes: either they provide an easy means of dispatching your enemies, or they act as a macabre lever for a puzzle. If a door is closed in a room, for example, it means you need to knock somebody into something sharp. Since you'll naturally want to knock enemies into all the sharp objects you can find, half the time you'll solve puzzles before you even knew they were there.
When you do run into actual levers, engaging them requires a Test Your Might challenge, which means rapidly tapping a button within a time limit. At first this seems cool since it puts yet another MK mainstay into an action game perspective. Then the game puts you through four of "em in a row as sort of a middle-finger to your fingers.
For the most part, though, the game's environmental design is fine. There's a central hub, known as the Portals, through which every area in the game can be accessed. In the beginning, only one area is open, the rest being blocked by obstacles that can only be overcome when you've learned a certain skill.
However, the game's progression is limited by the fact that you only gain one skill per boss fight, and each skill only unlocks one new area, so the experience is extremely linear. While your forward progression is limited, you can revisit any area in the game, many of which contain secret areas that can't be accessed the first time through. As you gain new powers, you can run back through the game and grab all the little unlockables you missed. It's a cool means of providing unlockable content, but we wish going back to old areas with new powers actually led to more new areas, like in Metroid.
Besides, many of the best unlockables can simply be purchased. When you kill enemies you gain experience points, essentially cash for new combos and upgrades. It's not very deep, but it's better than most straight-up brawlers.
The moves you learn upon defeating bosses also figure in Shaolin Monks' platforming scheme. Between rooms filled with enemies, you'll occasionally happen upon a platform segment requiring you to hop around like Mario while avoiding green flaming skulls. We don't know why the developers decided to bind such a weird appendage to the body of their beast, but hopefully in the next evolution of this creature, it will have fallen off, since it sucks.
While there is only one path through the game, you can traverse it by yourself or cooperatively. Unfortunately, these modes are completely separate and cannot be brought together, even through the darkest rituals. If you're playing single-player mode and a friend comes over and wants to jump in, you have to quit what you're doing and start a completely new game. The upside of this is that the enemies are a lot tougher in co-op mode, keeping the challenge level relatively even with the single-player mode. The downside is that you have to keep track of two separate but identical games.
If you and your friend can't agree over who gets to be Liu Kang, you can resolve your dispute the right way: in Versus mode. Only Liu Kang and Kung Lao are available in this mode from the start, although you can quickly unlock more playable characters by advancing in the campaign. The gameplay is the same as that of the other modes, putting two combatants in lethal arenas full of weapons and power-ups. Environmental hazards abound, from cliffs to spikes to random chunks of flying rock, and it's always fun to introduce these to your friends.
Less entertaining is the fact that some of the unlockable characters are basically just skins. Scorpion, for example, is Liu Kang. Sure, he has a teleport jump kick and signature "get over here" harpoon, but his normal attacks, combos and throws are identical to Liu's, and if you use him to replay Story mode he's even referred to as Liu Kang in the cinematics. Next time, Midway, heed your own advice and finish him.
The graphics tend to be good when it matters; namely, when you're kicking enemies into the air and bouncing them off the ground. The framerate unfortunately dips beneath the twenties when you're fighting a lot of enemies, and in co-operative mode the camera occasionally zooms out so far that player characters and enemies are reduced to stacks of beige pixels. These issues are equally present in both the PS2 and Xbox versions, although the Xbox version predictably loads and saves a lot faster. For the most part, though, things look and sound fine when you're playing.
The cut-scenes, though, are bad in a way that is more painful than funny. The voice-acting is terrible, the lip-synching nonexistent, the gesticulations loop awkwardly, the visual effects are dated and the story is retarded. They are, in their complete ineptitude, a little endearing. After all, no one wants to be mean to anything so obviously retarded.
Besides, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is still a fairly impressive beast. It might not be smart, polished or new, but it's wonderfully violent, varied and bloody. Plus, it's proof that two heads are better than one.


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Lee charged over NSW criticism
Former Test speedster Brett Lee has been reported for breaching Cricket Australia's code of behaviour following criticism he made of NSW chief executive David Gilbert.
Lee last week called for Gilbert's sacking after the NSW board had axed coach Anthony Stuart.
NSW responded to the media comments by reporting Lee, who is retired form the Blues and now only plays for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash.
Lee is alleged to have breached rule six for unbecoming behaviour and rule nine for detrimental public comment.
Under the code of conduct, players must not bring the game into disrepute or be harmful to the interests of cricket.
Lee said the blame for NSW poor State cricket form was unfairly heaped on Stuart and that CEO Gilbert deserved to have questions asked of his performance.
The fast bowler questioned Gilbert's leadership and said he should have been the man to go instead of Stuart.
The date and time of the Cricket Australia hearing is yet to be confirmed.
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I was hoping someone would put this up. Incredible how dumb some people are with their finances.
tb727 says:
Jim O'Brien, Lester Connor and Dick Harter are rolling around in their graves.
Isn't Kenny Anderson broke also? I recall reading something about that somewhere.
Antoine seems like he has a big heart, Chibbs seems like a dumbass.
Not sure why more athletes don't consider hiring a financial adviser immediately on entering the league. Then they could all become Keon Clark's and retire at 27 because you have enough money for 8 lifetimes and still live comfortably.
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I watched that show yesterday morning... pretty sad. I agree TB - seems he does have a big heart, it's just such a shame... as I enter month NINE of unemployment!


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A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs 480 pounds and has a history of difficulty losing weight argues he would face a "torturous and lingering death" if executed in January.
Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, said his weight, vein access, scar tissue, depression and other medical problems raise the likelihood his executioners would encounter severe problems. He's also so big that the execution gurney might not hold him, lawyers for Post said in federal court papers filed Friday.
"Indeed, given his unique physical and medical condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," the filing said.
Post, 53, is scheduled to die Jan. 16 for the 1983 shooting death of Helen Vantz in Elyria. The woman worked in a motel Post was robbing, and died after the man shot her twice in the back of the head.
According to The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Vantz's son, William, laughed when he first heard about the request, but immediately turned serious.
"I don't care if they have to wheel him in on a tractor-trailer; 30 years is too long," he said, according to The Plain Dealer. "Enough is enough. This is just an excuse to get out of the execution."
A spokeswoman for the prisons department had no comment on the pending litigation.
Post's attorneys also want more time to pursue arguments that claims of a full confession by the inmate to several people have been falsely exaggerated.
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"Post's case is about more than his weight, and his life should be spared for reasons wholly unrelated to his obesity," his federal public defender, Joseph Wilhelm, said in a statement.
Inmates' weight has come up previously in death penalty cases in Ohio and elsewhere.
In 2008, federal courts rejected arguments by condemned double-killer Richard Cooey that he was too obese to die by injection. Cooey's attorneys had argued that prison food and limited opportunities to exercise contributed to a weight problem that would make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection.
Cooey, who was 5-foot-7 and weighed 267 pounds, was executed Oct. 14, 2008.
In 2007, it took Ohio executioners about two hours to insert IVs into the veins of condemned inmate Christopher Newton, who weighed about 265 pounds. A prison spokeswoman at the time said his size was an issue.
In 1994 in Washington state, a federal judge upheld the conviction of Mitchell Rupe, but agreed with Rupe's contention that at more than 400 pounds, he was too heavy to hang because of the risk of decapitation. Rupe argued that hanging would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
After numerous court rulings and a third trial, Rupe was eventually sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 2006.
Ohio executes inmates with a single dose of pentobarbital, usually injected through the arms.
Medical personnel have had a hard time inserting IVs into Post's arms, according to the court filing. Four years ago, an Ohio State University medical center nurse needed three attempts to insert an IV into Post's left arm, the lawyers wrote.
Post has tried losing weight, but knee and back problems have made it difficult to exercise, according to his court filing.
Post's request for gastric bypass surgery has been denied, he's been encouraged not to walk because he's at risk for falling, and severe depression has contributed to his inability to limit how much he eats, his filing said.
According to The Plain Dealer, Post's attorneys said his weight has yo-yoed for years. At one point, the paper reported, the 6-foot-3 convict lost 150 pounds. While at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, Post "used that prison's exercise bike until it broke under his weight," according to the filing.
Post currently uses a wheelchair at the Franklin Medical Center in Columbus, The Plain Dealer reported.
In an open letter last year, William Vantz said that he's still waiting for justice to be served for his mother.
"Some have said that since it's been so long just let [Post] stay in prison for the remainder of his natural life. No!" William Vantz wrote for the Morning Journal.
"I am as committed to this as the day he took her life. I will never forgive or forget what he took from us. We all have recourse to the law and it's time he paid his debt to society. It's way overdue!"
Post's case is unusual, as the man pleaded no contest to the murder charges, The Plain Dealer reported. That means he did not admit to having committed the crime, but chose instead not to challenge the facts presented by the prosecution.
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The list of contenders for the lead in Marvel's upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie has gotten a bit more interesting. We learned back in November that a number of actors were on the shortlist for the role of Star-Lord in director James Gunn's adaptation of the comic, and just a couple of weeks ago reports surfaced that the search had been narrowed down to Jim Sturgess, Zachary Levi (Chuck), and an unnamed third actor. Now it appears that said unnamed actor is none other than the multitalented Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Hit the jump for more.
Word of Gordon-Levitt's involvement comes via Deadline, who report that Marvel has added JGL to the list of actors they are considering for the lead role of Peter Quill. There's no confirmation of whether Gordon-Levitt has been offered the role, but he's certainly the most high-profile actor that has been mentioned thus far. For those unaware, Peter Quill aka Star-Lord was born of a human mother and alien father, and he's a master strategist and combat expert who wears an ability-enhancing suit and pilots a psychically-linked ship. The character will serve as the audience's introduction to the galactic world of Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel's space-set film.
Gordon-Levitt is in an interesting position as his character was revealed to be Batman's successor in Christopher Nolan's trilogy-closing The Dark Knight Rises. Rumors have swirled that he may be picking up the cowl as the new Batman in Warner Bros.' Justice League film, but those reports have thus far gone unconfirmed. Should his consideration for the Guardians gig turn out to be true, that likely means his involvement in Justice League is/always was a no-go. The actor also has a burgeoning filmmaking career on the horizon, as his directorial debut Don Jon's Addiction will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in a couple of weeks.


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A funny Pepsi video featuring Jeff Gordon pranking a car salesman swept the web on Wednesday. But it turns out the salesman who fell victim to the test-driving prank was likely in on the ruse.
The video features NASCAR super star Gordon in disguise and test driving a Camaro at a car dealership. The hapless car salesman in tow seemed like he was in for the vomit-inducing ride of his life.
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Joe Crapyou, born in Italy, worked at the Marble Cliff Quarry in Columbus, Ohio. The quarry was once the largest limestone quarry in the United States.
Several years ago, the weekly newspaper Grandview ThisWeek featured the Marble Cliff Quarry in its "Moments in Time" column:
An article in the October 2, 1880 Columbus Dispatch documented a reporter's visit to the quarry, where he witnessed a planned explosion that displaced an estimated 700 tons of rock. "The Marble Cliff quarry [owned by J. E. Price] is working 29 men at present, and as an inducement for more men to come here, Mr. Price has raised the wages to $1.50 per day and offers house rent free." He went on to say that eighty railroad cars per week were loaded at the quarry, and in 23 years, seven acres of stone had been removed, and ninety acres remained... Most of the workers in the local quarries were Italian immigrants and lived in the "Italian Settlement" at Glenn and Fifth in Grandview.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Rep. Cynthia Lummis is endorsing Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The Romney campaign announced Monday that Lummis will be chairman of Romney's campaign in Wyoming.
Lummis is quoted in a news release by the Romney campaign that she believes Romney's experience as both a chief executive and conservative businessman makes him highly qualified to lead our nation at this time.
Lummis says she looks forward to bringing Romney's conservative message of fiscal responsibility to Wyoming voters.
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Pokémon Shipwreck (ポケモンひょうりゅうき Pokémon Adrift) is the 16th episode of Pokémon: Indigo League.
The heroes and Team Rocket find themselves in an sinking ship and agree to work together. Though everyone manages to get free, James sees his Magikarp is useless and abandons it. This causes Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados, who is not happy to be treated that way.
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This episode takes place the day after the last one. At the start of the episode, a police boat pulls up close to where the St. Anne sank. Officer Jenny steps out onto the deck of the boat and makes a small speech about how they just discovered that Ash, Misty, Brock, Jessie, and James didn't make it off the ship safely. She tosses a bouquet of flowers into the water and she and the other officers salute and one plays a trumpet as the flowers sink into the water.
Meanwhile, inside the ship, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu are trying to wake Ash up. Ash wakes up and wonders why everyone is on the ceiling. He realizes that he is the one on the ceiling because his jacket is caught on the end of a table. He falls off the table and lands on Pikachu. Misty points to the porthole and Ash sees fish swimming outside. He realizes that the ship has sunk with them still on it.
The scene cuts to Team Rocket, who have just woken up and noticed that they are underneath stoves and they are burning. They jump out and they run over to some broken pipes, which they use to put out the fire. They run out into the hall and notice everything is upside down. Meowth says the ship must have capsized and sank. James starts panicking and Jessie calls out Ekans and tells it to use Acid to open up a hole in the floor. Meowth tries to stop her, but its too late. The Acid attack opened up a hole and lets in a jet of water. They try to stop the jet but they fail and the jet drowns Team Rocket away.
Meanwhile, Ash and his friends run out into a stairwell, but they are forced to stop because of the water. Misty says that it will take a while for the ship to fill up with water, but they must still hurry. Ash wants to dive down to the deck but Brock says its too dangerous, because if they come across a dead end when they dive down to the deck with no way back for more air, they will be done for. Misty sends out Goldeen to look through the water. Goldeen finds Team Rocket, unconscious, which surprises Goldeen.
Ash and his friends wait for Goldeen to come back. Goldeen comes back, pushing Team Rocket along with it. Team Rocket wakes up and challenges them to a battle, sending Ekans and Koffing out. Ash sends out Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur while Brock sends out Geodude. The ship starts to tip and tilt side to side. Misty tells everyone to recall their Pokémon and the ship stops tilting.
Misty wants them all to work together, but they don't want to. She makes them all shake hands and form a temporary alliance. Ash shakes Jessie's hand, Brock shakes James's hand, and Pikachu shakes Meowth's paw, but purposely shocks him, getting Pikachu reprimanded by Misty. Misty says she knows the blueprints of the ship because she made a model of the ship once and says they should go up to the bottom of the ship and cut a hole in the hull to escape. They head to a broken staircase and Brock sends out Onix and tells everyone to use Onix as a staircase to get up.
The lights in the ship start to fail as the group heads down a hallway. Ash brings out Charmander to help everyone see where they're going. They enter the next room and find they can't cross it because the ceiling of the engine room is on massive fire by some unknown cause and a large gap with stairs out, cutting off the pathway to the engine room. Ash gets a brainstorm after Pikachu gives his brain a jump-start. Ash sends out Bulbasaur and tells Bulbasaur to use Vine Whip to make a bridge for everyone to cross. Ash, Misty, and Brock start to cross but James is too afraid. He tells Jessie and Meowth to leave him behind. Jessie slaps him and tells Bulbasaur to bring the vines back.
They all safely make it to the engine room, even though Team Rocket is worn out. Ash brings out Charmander to cut a hole in the hull by using Flamethrower. Misty reminds everyone to strap themselves to a water Pokémon, but Team Rocket doesn't have any Water Type Pokémon. The hull opens up, sends out a waterfall. Ash recalls Charmander, since Charmander is running away from the water while protecting its tail flame. Ash and Pikachu strap themselves to Squirtle, Misty straps herself to Goldeen, and Brock straps himself to Starmie. While Ash and friends swim out of the ship to safety, Team Rocket is stranded. James starts laughing and holds up his Magikarp's golden Poké Ball. They try to escape with Magikarp, but discover that it can't even swim. The water picks up the ship and carries it into a trench.
Ash and his friends climb onto a small raft and they wonder what happened to Team Rocket. Brock suggest that they find dry land. Ash sends out Pidgeotto to look for it. Pidgeotto finds Team Rocket floating on the surface of the ocean, still strapped to Magikarp, and surprises Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto brings them back to the raft and Ash, Misty, and Brock think that they have died and attempt to give them a burial by pushing them back into the water. Jessie and James wake up in time and, in surprise, Ash and friends think they are zombies. Meowth, who was pushed in the water, starts yelling for help. Pikachu snaps his fingers, upset Meowth isn't dead.
They are all forced to stay on the raft for the night and they wake up very hungry, with Misty complaining that she would have stuffed herself on the St. Anne before escaping if she had known this would be their fate. Ash, Brock, Jessie and James think about what to make from Magikarp. Finally, Meowth snaps in hunger and attempts to eat Magikarp, but only breaks his teeth because Magikarp is nothing except scales and bones, which Misty scolds him for since she knew full well about Magikarp. James, mad that the Pokémon isn't even good as food, kicks it off the raft and says he doesn't want to be its trainer anymore. Unfortunately, Magikarp evolves into Gyarados, and it is furious. Misty gets Goldeen, Starmie and Staryu and everyone starts pushing the raft as fast as they can to get away from Gyarados. Gyarados stops chasing them suddenly. Everyone thinks its tired, except for Misty. She remembers hearing sailor stories about Gyarados' Dragon Rage. The waves pick up and more Gyarados come. They start whipping up a water cyclone. The Gyarados head to the raft. Brock suggests trying to flee again, but Misty says it's no use, that no one has ever survived a Dragon Rage attack. The cyclone hits the raft. Ash and his friends try to hold on, but they lose their grip with each other and go spinning off.
- "At first we thought all the passengers had gotten safely off the ship, but we have just discovered that five people are missing: Ash, Misty, Brock, Jessie and James. It makes all of us sad to think that these young Pokémon trainers have had their promising careers cut tragically short. May these flowers honor your memory." - Officer Jenny's eulogy
- "Hey, are you feeling ok Ash?" - Brock
- "Pikachu." - Pikachu
- "What? Oh brother. What're you talking about "Am I feeling ok"? You guys are the ones who're upside down." - Ash
- "You're definitely the one upside-down." - Misty
- "Will someone tell me what in the world happened?" - Ash
- "Just take a look out the window." - Misty
- "Huh!? What? Fish swimming? This can't be... But that must mean that this ship has sunk!" - Ash
- "Something's really burning!" - Jessie
- "You picked a bad place for a nap." - Meowth
- "Why is everything upside-down?' - Jessie
- "The ship capsized and sank, while you two were sleeping." - Meowth
- "Huh/What?" - Jessie and James
- "We've got to abandon ship immediately!" - James
- "I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get off while the ship's underwater." - Meowth
- "AHHH! THE SHIP SUNK! WE'RE DOOMED!" - James
- "AHHHH! Zombies!" - Ash, Misty and Brock
- "Who are you calling zombies?" - James
- "We are not zombies!" - Jessie
- "Somebody help! My fur is getting wet." - Meowth
- "Chu!" — Pikachu, snapping his fingers.
- "How will you battle it?" - Brock
- "My strategy is... RUN AWAY!" - Misty
- "Hey Brock, Misty, Pikachu! Whatever happens, don't let go!" - Ash
- This episode was storyboarded by Osamu Inoue.
- Fish that aren't Pokémon appear in this episode.
- They also appeared in The Water Flowers of Cerulean City.
- The "Who's that Pokémon" of this episode is Magikarp.
- This is the first episode that Ash uses a Bird Pokémon for long range surveillance.
- This is the first episode to showcase Pikachu's hatred towards Meowth.
- Brock made a reference to Noah of Noah's Ark.
- Also, the narrator made a reference to The Titanic.
- Although Misty's Goldeen has, on several occasions, been shown to be extremely weak out of the water, in the water here, it's strong enough to carry Jessie, James and Meowth, and even throw them clean out of the water.
- Jessie and James made a reference to the movie The Poseidon Adventure when Ash's Bulbasaur was letting everyone cross its vines. The St. Anne also capsizes, trapping a small group of survivors inside, as happened in the movie.
- This is the first time Ash, his friends and Team Rocket form a truce.
- When Jessie and James were thinking of their lives, James mentions Jessie's another name, Jessica.
- It is unknown how the police knew that Jessie and James went down with the ship, and even more so that they knew them by name. Team Rocket wasn't even supposed to be on board, and their presence wasn't known until shortly before the sinking. The same thing happens with Ash, Brock, and Misty, as there was never a rollcall.
- When Ash and co. get hit by Gyarados' Dragon Rage, Team Rocket yells 「 やなかんじ!」 "Yana Kanji!" "Bad Feeling!" in their Japanese voices, which is the Japanese equivalent of "Team Rocket is blasting off again!".
- During the scene when the Pokémon are running back and forth to give the ship more balance, Brock yells for Geodude to come back, part of Ekans can be seen to the left of Brock, even though Ekans just went to the other side.
- On a related note, after Brock tells Geodude to come back, the scene moves outside the ship for a few seconds, and then back in, and when it returns to the inside, Geodude is on the same side as all the other Pokémon, when it should be with Brock.
- When James shows Jessie and Meowth the gold-plated Poké Ball containing the Magikarp he bought in the last episode, the ball doesn't have scratch marks anymore (Meowth had scratched the front of the ball out of anger at James in the previous episode).
Dub differences
- In the original version, Misty threatens Team Rocket that she'd throw them back in the water if they don't call back Koffing and Ekans, while in the dub she asks them if their lives are more important than a Pokémon battle.
- In the original version, after kicking Magikarp into water James says that he hates it while in the dub he says "Good riddance, Magikarp!".
- In the original version, after Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, Misty says that she heard that Magikarp evolve into Gyarados. In the dub she says that James caused Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados.
|Pokémon the Series: The Beginning
|Other series: Gold and Silver · Ruby and Sapphire · Diamond and Pearl · Black & White · XY and XYZ · Sun & Moon · Journeys


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UPDATE: The show's producer got in touch to tell me she was massively disinterested in any big-picture message warping. "I just shot what Roy Taylor said. Dave and Si were both on medication for high blood pressure. Following alterations in their way of cooking, living, exercising and thinking, they are no longer taking the pills."
Fair enough.
Yesterday, I watched one episode of the food show from fellow "Geordies" Si King and Dave Myers in which they expounded the benefits of exercise and calorie reduction for weight loss. So far, so good. They had Newcastle University's Roy Taylor tracking their weight, blood pressure and body fat too to validate what was being said.
Dave, apparently dropped from 39% body fat to 26%, while Si reduced his from 42% to 31%, or thereabouts all within a few weeks. They said this was through swapping their infamous motorbikes for pedal cycles and cutting out the calories. They may well have done although at the end of the episode I believe they suggested that Si had lost less than 7 kg, and Dave had dropped 15kg or so…
When they measured their blood pressure after a short burst of exercise Professor Roy told Dave that his BP was 102 over 70. That's very good for a guy who said he'd been taking an ACE inhibitor to reduce high blood pressure. Now, being overweight/obese certainly shows an association with high blood pressure, although some people can be in the normal weight range and have essential hypertension too, because of genetics.
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If infomercials are correct, my life currently has a gaping void that can only be filled with the warmth of a Snuggie (and possibly the Sham-Wow).
I've wanted one SO bad. I was hoping for Christmas, but husband has a strict policy when it comes to "As Seen On TV" crap: If it's really a great product, it will be in stores eventually. (Now I know it's at Walgreen's, but I bet you don't get 2fer1).
I still wanted a Snuggie, until I read an "IRL" product review.
(wimpering softly): I still want to be in the Snuggie Cult...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
I shouldn't have read this, but I still want one...
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 3:20 PM 7 comments
The 2012 Conspiracy Theory...
It's been awhile since I've waxed poetic on my Newest Favoritest Conspiracy Theory. It's an ever changing fascination with alarmists, plotters and crazies. Give me your Lincolns, your JFKs, your Area 51s, it's all good.
My obsession with the absurd but sometimes scarily semi-plausible, began when I was about 8 yrs old or so and would sneak out of bed, sit at the top of the stairs, totally hidden but at the perfect angle to see/hear the tv when my parents were watching these shows. I would literally quake with fear in my bed.
Nothing, but nothing, honestly scares the conspirator crap out of me like 2012.
Even the History Channel is in on it with their Armageddon Week which was earlier this month. (Nice timing, guys, way to make people feel all warm, hopeful and fuzzy in the new year).
If you're unfamiliar with it all, go take the penny tour at Wikipedia.
Everyone from the Maya, to the Aztecs to the Egyptians and Nostradamus say we're screwed. The world will come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012...apparently.
What I appreciate most about this theory is the scope of different ways that it will come about. Some say nuclear war, some say the magnetic poles are going to shift, some say flu/biological warfare, the possibilities are endless, really.
This reminds me of all the hoopla leading up to Y2K (remember that?) There's even this guy, who is probably legitimately making money on this fear. Fear not, though, Obama has been given notice to save all of humanity.
Thankfully, it may not be left up to him alone. Clinton, over at Zombie Eats Shark has probably the funniest and best ways to save us using simple logic. Take a trip through his break down of the Apocalypse. It's freakin' hilarious. But I guess it's good to keep your sense of humor in the face of impending doom, right?
My personal favorite is his answer for religious apocalypse...
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 1:36 PM 7 comments
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happy (Belated) Blogiversary to me...
It's been one year (last Sat) since I started writing this crazy thing. A whole year. When I decided to dip my toe in the bloggy waters, I didn't know what to expect.
I pretty much still don't but I'm having fun doing it. This ol' blog (I can't believe it's been a whole year) has become a really nice little ranting spot for all the voices in my head and I've made some pretty good/supportive blog friends along the way.
I'm an analyzer. On birthdays, anniversaries, etc. I tend to take an evaluation of the past and the future. So, it seems appropriate to do so now.
I haven't been quite so prolific in the last few months (mainly because it's been crazy insane in real life) but I still enjoy the outlet. I like that my blog is random. I know serious bloggers always advise to have a topic or theme and stick with it.
My brain is completely sporatic and so is my blog. My topics have been as strange as Man-scara, ghost stories, stuff about my kid and politics. I'm not going to change that.
I also know I have a relatively small readership, all things considered. I've never really tried to "recruit" people to read me, but I do hope my readership goes up. Maybe I should try to cast my readership nets wider. I'm just not all that sure how to go about it the right way.
I'd like to redesign my design. I'm only using a crappy Blogger backdrop which is shameful since I'm an advertising and marketing professional. I know better than this. My time has just been increasingly limited and web design has never been my thing.
Another goal of mine is to become an occasionally paid blogger. I'm not brave enough (yet) to base my income solely on writing, but to know that someone thinks my opinion is worthy enough to pay me to say something would be nice. Plus, I've always wanted to free lance and other than a few projects here and there over the years, I've never really actively pursued it.
So, we'll see. Who knows what this year holds. I do know that I promise to publish more often and comment more frequently...
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 11:09 AM 16 comments
Friday, January 23, 2009
Policemen, Firemen and Aliens, Oh My!
From the files of My Kid Says the Weirdest Things:
Scene: Right before Darling's bedtime, she's fillibustering over teethbrushing...I'm trying to figure out my new cell phone. So far, I'm not impressed with AT&T.
Darling: Guess what, Mama! A police officer came to our school today and he told us about emergencies and you should call 911.
Me: Really? What else did he say?
Darling: He said if you call 911, police officers, firemen and aliens come to rescue you.
Me (choking laughter): Are you sure he didn't mean police officers, firemen and ambulances?
Darling: NO! He said aliens.
Me: Ummm...
Darling: You have a new phone. I wish I had a real phone.
Me: Maybe when you're 12...
Darling: After I'm 4, I'll be 12.
Me: Well, not in sequential order.
Darling: What?
Me: We'll see...
Darling: My tummy hurts. Can I call 911?
Me: No, Darling. It's bedtime.
We'll have the aliens and 911 talk later. Hopefully before Will Smith shows up at our door.
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 11:53 AM 2 comments
Friday, January 16, 2009
Stop calling me names!
Caveat: This has been sitting in my drafts for about 2 weeks, I was actually about to dump it like so many other wayward posts...It was intended to be an anti-mommyblogger post, but due to current developments, it includes all "labeling" me a certain type of blogger, please excuse me if it seems a bit disjointed...
I hate the word.
I was recently mentioned in some Top 10 KC Blogs lists in a Present Magazine article. (Thanks, guys, I was really touched and honored!) What surprised me was how many bloggers identified me as a "mommyblogger" as a caveat and then went on to say they liked me anyway.
Ok, ok, I know my pseudonym is "Moxie Mama" but still.
I only sometimes write about my kid.
Because I secretly dislike a lot of Mommybloggers. Sure I read them, some of them are actually pretty great...but it's almost like a train wreck, I can't look away from the disasters (and I'm looking at you, Dooce.)
I hope my writing is broader than just that. At least I'm trying for that. Yes, mothering is my most important job and if I'm trying to chronicle the "Life, Times and Observations of Moxie" parenthood factors in. Darling is the funniest, most incredible, most profound person I know. But she isn't everything in my life (no healthy parent should be that child obsessed.)
I enjoy being a marketer and an historian. I know I should write more about both, but it's a fine line to walk when you really like and want to keep your jobs.
Even worse than the "mommyblogger" tag, due to my previous post about the inaugural expenses, I was pinned as being in the "Rabid Retarded Republican Housewife Brigade" by an anonymous poster.
While I appreciate the creative use of alliteration in the label, I don't appreciate the sentiment. Yes, yes, I know that you shouldn't encourage anonymous posters because they like the attention, but dude, a few things, just to clear it up:
1. Be ballsy and brave enough to put your name on your uneducated comments. I'm not ashamed of any of my well-thought out, intelligent opinions. If you're going to call someone names, at least make it accurate to who you're talking about.
2. I am not rabid. I've had my shots, dude.
3. I am not retarded. I have above average intelligence and two college degrees. I'm guessing you don't.
4. Holy Shit!!! I'm not a Republican! If you have read my blog in any depth, you'll know that I do not affiliate with any political party. I am not a republican, a democrat, a libertarian nor am I am member of the Communist party. I'm an American citizen that votes by the issues and her conscience. I want all politicians to be responsible and to be accountable for every vote, decision and action they make.
5. I am not a housewife. Granted, I own a home and I am a wife (and a mommy) but I have 2 jobs. I make more money than my husband does. I don't sit around the house eating bon bons, watching soap operas and blogging about crap. I love being involved in more than I can probably handle. (Why does "housewife" have such a negative connotation? It's a noble profession for many women.)
6. I am not part of any brigade. I generally avoid organized groups.
I knew it would stir feathers to criticize Obama's spending. I know this country needs a really kick ass party to celebrate our liberation from the Bush Administration. A little pomp and circumstance is in order, however, I just think it's in poor taste to spend more money than any other president in history considering how dismal the economy is right now.
I felt like he had the opportunity to set the tone for his expectations of his administration by sending a message of "The government is tightening it's belt on wasteful spending, how about you? Let's fix the economy that's broken. Yes, We Can (Do It Together)"
I'm actually supportive of the Obama Administration. I can't wait to see what he will do. It's going to be an administration like none other in history, but now I expect him to live up to the promises and rhetoric that got him elected.
Spending that much money on a party that no one will really remember 2 years from now is not getting started on the right foot in my opinion. Sorry.
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 10:20 AM 9 comments
Thursday, January 15, 2009
In poor inaugural taste....
I don't care what your politics are, I think it's horrible that Obama is planning the most expensive inauguration in history.
Shame on you! The economy is in utter collapse, and average Americans and their tax dollars are footing a big chunk of the bill. I'm irritated. What happened to all the rhetoric of personal fiscal responsibility and budget management?
Granted, this is probably the biggest election day since Lincoln's, but even he kept it smaller. Lincoln literally had to sneak into Washington because there was an assassination plotted on his planned train between Springfield, IL and DC.
C'mon, Obama, I have high hopes for you, but what would FDR do?
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 8:48 AM 14 comments
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
A terrible loss for historical preservation...
By now, I'm sure (if you're a Kansas Citian) about the death of Greg Hawley, co-founder of the Steamboat Arabia Museum.
I've had the chance to visit the museum a few times over the years and the Hawley family always struck me as a wonderful family of adventurers. In fact, the last time I visited, they were discussing rumors of another sunken steamboat they might try to locate and excavate.
It's one of our coolest museums and his legacy will live on. How many of us can say that?
I can't even imagine the devastation of such a loss for his family and friends. And for what? A drag race? Why?
I was literally moved to tears after reading James' first hand account. As the mother of a 4 yr old little girl, I couldn't even imagine having to explain seeing something like that to her. How blessed Greg was to have someone like James there in his last few minutes...
At the same time, I agree with Midtown, it's stupid and it's senseless and that 18 yr old kid should be held fully accountable. When I read the details of no tags, no insurance, etc. it justs adds insult to the terrible injury.
Life is such a precious thing that so many of us take for granted and some of us are reckless with.
Very, very sad. KC historical preservation will never be the same.
Please do me a favor, if it's in your budget, donate some money to the Arabia in Greg's honor. Museums are so tight on budgets that your donation could really help keep his dream alive.
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 1:18 PM 2 comments
See! I'm not the only one!
I know it's SO 2005 to still like American Idol, but I do! It's the junk food of my tv watching.
And I'm not the only one!
Hoo-RAY!! for the Kansas City Sinic (who you should be reading!)
So, bring on the clueless, the tone-deaf, the mediocre and the unmedicated. I'm ready!!!
"Tonight, Tonight..." (tone-deafly sung in my best "West Side Story" Broadway musical voice)
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 12:15 PM 1 comments
Monday, January 12, 2009
Hunky 1960's era admen always cheer me up...
Next to telethons, nothing irritates me more than televised awards programs. I just don't care enough to watch hours and hours of that drivel.
I usually check out the winners lists the day after and browse a few best/worst dressed lists and move on with my life.
That being said....
Yep, I love this show!
I'm bummed Jon Hamm and January Jones didn't win (they were nominated, too) but that's ok. At least this seals the deal for bringing the show back this summer.
Is it July yet?!
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 1:18 PM 2 comments
Are we there yet?
I hate January. It's cold, it's bitter, it's harsh. Just like my mom, who's birthday was last weekend.
Usually somewhere around the the third or fourth week of January I hit my "Winter Blahs" which include mild depression, general fussiness and a bitch of a case of insomnia. No, I'm pretty sure it's not SAD, but it's pretty nasty sometimes.
I'm ahead of schedule this year...
While I've been exceedingly busy at work, and despite the fact I feel slightly rejuvinated from my extended Christmas holiday, my buttons are being pushed right and left.
I've been in a fussy, irritated mood for awhile now. Sorry for the lack of blogging, but this shit is contagious and I didn't want to bring you down.
That being said, I had a great weekend, full of museum stuff, visiting with old friends and I actually got some housework done (which always makes me feel more centered).
But Mondays still bring me down. The teetering pile that is my To Do This Week List looms over me precariously, threatening to come crashing down on my head.
But there's 2 parties at the end of this week, which means beer, which means good fun, right? I haven't drank since the unfortunate Uncle's Homemade Wine/Moonshine Incident of Aught Eight, so I'm overdue for a beer night.
So, that's something to look forward to...Is it Friday yet?
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 12:45 PM 2 comments
Friday, January 9, 2009
Pink is really for boys...
So, pink is traditionally a "boy color"...
I HATE the color...but it's unavoidable with a princess crazed 4 yr old.
Thanks a lot Hitler and Barbie.
My daughter's favorite color is purple...what does that mean?
Check it out: Adolph Hitler and Your Little Pink Princess
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 8:04 AM 3 comments
Monday, January 5, 2009
Numbers for the New Year
I haven't written about Numerology or Tarot in a while, so I'm over due. This is a regurgitated repost.
It's a handy, quick analysis of what kind of year you're going to have based on your month + birthday + 2009. It's fun if you're bored. The last couple of years really were accurate for me.
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 1:35 PM 3 comments
Back In the Saddle...The Catch Up Edition
Hey, I took a break over Christmas.
Did you even notice?
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Nevertheless, I really, really needed it.
A break from work, email, blogging, life in general...
But I'm back now, semi-refreshed and slightly renewed (I guess)
Still, I wouldn't be true to my chronicles, Constant Reader, unless I caught you up on a few randoms from my break:
1. I've had just as much "Barbie and the Diamond Castle" as a mother can take. Insert My Little Ponies theme song and I'm in a corner, humming softly to myself, brushing my hair with one of their teeny tiny combs.
2. I will NEVER drink homemade wine EVER again. I'm an alcohol light weight and Handsome's uncle makes homemade pear wine. "Fine" I think. "It's the holidays, I can handle a few glasses." Nope. Even though it tasted like Boone's Farm, I blacked out and puked everywhere after 2 GLASSES. Yep, I shit you not. I didn't even feel tipsy until the bottom of the second glass and then it hit me like a freight train. I've never done anything like that before. Nothing says Happy Holidays like regurgitated moonshine! I'll stick to beer next time, hillbillies, thanks a lot. Did I mention I puked in my parent in laws brand new Explorer? Classy Family Memories, huh? Thankfully, they know I'm not an alcoholic and they just teased me. "No one told you about Uncle _____ homemade wine, huh? Ha Ha..."
3. Darling made "Reindeer Food" at school. We set it out in a bowl with the milk and cookies for Santa. In our Christmas morning haste to get the hell out of the house, I did not remove the bowl. When we came home 6 days later, the bowl was empty. I'd like to know what would possess Darling's cat to eat a mixture of dried beans, birdseed and a whole lotta gold glitter. We aren't even going to talk about the sparkly cat shit/smell when we returned, and yes, he was fed by a friend every day.
4. Why are kids toys so hard to get out of the packaging? All the wire ties and tape and crap? Really, it's an f'in toy, not Ft. Knox, alright toy manufacturers! My hands are permanently maimed now.
5. I still hate my smug, know-it-all, Trivial Pursuit card memorizing sister-in-law. It's lucky I wasn't drunk around her. REALLY lucky.
6. It's probably not the best way to start the New Year, but I was reminded at a friend's open house how much I still hate this one girl who tried her damnedest (and I truly mean she gave it a hell of an effort) to lure Handsome away from his very happy/very married lifestyle. (Believe me, once Handsome told me of her advances, I took swift action to ensure no more unwanted attention would take place.) I was sharpening my fingernails, ready to go for her eyes at a moment's notice. I hate women like that. But I took a small amount of pleasure in knowing she's scared shitless of me now. I even smiled sweetly at her. I'm a bad person. I know this, but I believe in harnessing my rage for mostly good endeavors, like protecting my marriage.
7. I could really get used to my best friend's tacos on Christmas Eve. For a Sicilian, she makes a damn good Tex-Mex buffet. Insert her wonderful family and her drag queen friend and you've got yourself a Merry little Christmas.
8. Handsome and I make it a priority to enjoy the Christmas tree lights from beneath the tree (if you know what I mean) every year. We finally accomplished our mission on Christmas Eve, before stacking all the useless, Ft. Knox secured, presents underneath from Santa. TMI, I know, but it's a lovely tradition of ours.
9. Next time, I won't let Darling hold on to any toys that make noise on a 4 hour cross-state car ride. Bad choice. (See #1)
10. I made no New Year's Resolutions this year. I'm holding out for Lent. The Catholic guilt is a very useful tool. So none of those lists from me until the Spring.
So, that was my (semi) Happy Holidays. Hope yours weren't as crazy.
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 11:36 AM 6 comments
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Not tonight, darling...
I'm baaack! I took a very well deserved break from "Everything" but I'll be back tomorrow.
Because I despise New Year's Resolutions...I'll leave you with Harry Chapin's most wonderful song, "Circle" which is kind of a bridge for me over 2008 and 2009. There is lots that's good, but lots that needs work... goodnight, darlings..
Posted by MoxieMamaKC at 7:19 PM 0 comments


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We are collaborating to consolidate the reintroduction of the Bonelli's eagle in Mallorca
The Arucas Agrarian Training School visits the Red Eléctrica Forest in Gran Canaria
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Engineers from the Universidad de Navarra visit the Muruarte substation
Sustainability Commitment of the Red Eléctrica Group
Red Eléctrica supports the conservation of the natural environment in Extremadura
Red Eléctrica sponsors a chair at the University of Seville
Red Eléctrica illuminates the basilica of Nuestra Señora del Pino, patron saint of Gran Canaria
Red Eléctrica and the Generalitat Valenciana join forces to preserve biodiversity
Electricity interconnection across the Bay of Biscay. The public consultation process has been completed
Red Eléctrica and the UME carried out an emergency drill in the Escombreras Valley (Murcia)
Red Eléctrica and the Alcalá de Guadaíra Town Hall support environmental tourism
Red Eléctrica helps equip the new Santa Engracia town hall, in La Rioja
The European Parliament hosts the closing conference of the Mediterranean Project
Red Eléctrica's Financial Director is among the Year's 100 Best Financiers
The Red Eléctrica Forest: reforest, offset emissions and support local development
Red Eléctrica's forecasting of renewables is recognised in the United States
Red Eléctrica will fund the lighting of a Romanesque church in Palencia
Red Eléctrica's Marine Forest at the Grids Meet Renewables conference in Brussels
The entreREDes game in the 'Science for Everybody' workshops in Ibiza
Red Eléctrica contributes to the integration of the electric mobility in the electrical system
Red Eléctrica delivers 80 nest-boxes to Turia natural park in Valencia
Red Eléctrica and the Limne Foundation will create a riparian forest in Turia Natural Park
José Folgado presents the 2018 Red Eléctrica Awards for AEEE Young Researchers
The outreach campaign on forest fire prevention in Andalusia draws to a close
Red Eléctrica commissions the Tábara substation (Zamora)
More than 8,300 secondary students participate in the educational game "entreREDes"
Red Eléctrica and the UPV promote training in electrical power transmission
Red Eléctrica's CECOVEL project wins at the 2017 enerTIC Awards
Collaboration in the second edition of the educational sessions in La Rioja
Red Eléctrica contributes to the sustainability of the municipality of Güeñes, in Vizcaya
More than 500,000 people visit the exhibition, 'A highway behind the wall socket', in Valencia
Presentation of the II entreREDes Regional Olympiad in Castilla-La Mancha
Red Eléctrica funds research grants in Talavera ceramics
Red Eléctrica is incorporated into ASCOM, Asociación Española de Compliance
Seminar about the developments of the European Best Paths project, coordinated by Red Eléctrica
Red Eléctrica will finance the creation of an ornithological observatory in Mequinenza, Zaragoza
Red Eléctrica and the Campus of International Excellence of the Sea agree to carry out marine studies
The Chairman of Red Eléctrica visits the Cañuelo substation in Cadiz
Seminar in Bilbao to present the new interconnection with France across the Bay of Biscay
Delivery of the II International Wildfire Awards in Toledo
Monzón opens a new, fully-equipped study room with the contribution of Red Eléctrica
Red Eléctrica sponsors conservation of 6,000 square meters of Posidonia
Transmission grid maintenance. The challenge of returning to normality
Red Eléctrica commissions the first facility for the Canary Islands' Wind Energy Development Plan
Red Eléctrica contributes to improving children's play parks in Almodóvar del Río (Córdoba)
Socially responsible investment and ethical management of companies
Submarine electricity grids and the protection of posidonia
Red Eléctrica supports the creation of an IT classroom in Santa Engracia del Jubera
Red Eléctrica participates in the Aragon Energy Cluster
Red Eléctrica signs an agreement with Fundación CEI·MAR
Red Eléctrica participates in the MONACHUS Project for the reintroduction of the black vulture
How to request access to the transmission grid
Red Eléctrica Corporación confirms its continued presence in the FTSE4Good index
Award of 'Enlace' trophies at the half-way stage in the 36th edition of the Copa del Rey sailing competition
Red Eléctrica improves the electricity supply to the largest logistical platform in Spain
Red Eléctrica awarded for the Electric Vehicle Control Centre (Cecovel) project
The Sixth Castilla y León Electrical Energy Campus Begins
Red Eléctrica collaborates to promote good practices on anchoring in the Balearic Islands
Five-time triathlon world champion, Javier Gómez Noya, wins the Gran Fondo de Ézaro
Elasticity of electricity demand - GDP in 2016
Red Eléctrica to build substation in Dos Hermanas
Cooperation with UIB to promote environmental tourism
Red Eléctrica, with the #PorElClima Community
REE presents 'Adjustment criteria and coordination of protections in the peninsular high-voltage transmission grid and distribution network'
Agreement with the Council of La Palma to fight forest fires
Joining the United Nations voluntary commitment to preserve the oceans
Cooperation on fighting forest fires in the Bierzo region (Leon)
Red Eléctrica collaborates in the creation of the 'Energy Directory'
Students receive the 'Olimpiada entreRedes' award in León
First steps toward the submarine electricity link between the Peninsula and Ceuta
Red Eléctrica collaborates in the sustainable management of the 'Almaraz Orchids'
Reintel launches its website
Red Eléctrica honoured for the 'Posidonia oceanica' project
Red Eléctrica supports the recovery of three species of endangered birds
Committed to biodiversity in Valencia
Students visit the Santa Engracia substation in La Rioja
Introducing the 6th Castilla y León Electrical Energy Campus
Support for environmental education and awareness in Ortuella (Vizcaya)
Red Eléctrica participates in the 7th edition of International Corporate Volunteering Week
Red Eléctrica supports the International Congress on Climate and Environmental Change
Closing ceremony for the "Young people for the young people" project at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Red Eléctrica supports the improvement of the sports infrastructure in Escatrón
For yet another year, Red Eléctrica participates in the Doñana International Birdfair
Ancillary services: mechanisms that allow the balancing of the system
Students from schools in the region of La Rioja learn about how the electricity system works
Red Eléctrica wins the Fundacom International award for the best intranet
Red Eléctrica, Aragón and Asturias collaborate to protect the Bearded Vulture
The campaign '¡Ayúdanos, el Fuego no Perdona!' concludes in Aragón
Red Eléctrica brings the Spanish electricity system closer to school children in Aragón
Red Eléctrica hosts a workshop of the Med-TSO association
Red Eléctrica, distinguished for its participation in R&D+i projects on energy storage
Collaboration for training in the prevention of electrical risks
Red Eléctrica provides equipment for a recreational area in Cuevas de Almudén, Teruel
Leaders in the Vigeo-Eiris Human Rights ranking
Red Eléctrica's Posidonia oceanica project, good practice in sustainability
Helsinki España promotes education on Human Rights in schools in the Canary Islands
Red Eléctrica, distinguished with the 'Ethical Boardroom Corporate Governance Awards 2017'
Capture and fitting of a radio-tracking device on another Golden Eagle in Navarra
Red Eléctrica supports Talavera de la Reina's cultural heritage
José Folgado closes the 12th AEEE Conference in Salamanca
Red Eléctrica, recognised for its commitment to the work-life balance
The restoration of the façade of the 'Palacio de los Niños de Don Gome' in Andújar now complete
Red Eléctrica organises a working breakfast meeting with the Club de Excelencia en Sostenibilidad (Sustainability Excellence Club)
Red Eléctrica awarded the 'RobecoSAM Silver Class 2017' distinction
The compliance function and its progression within companies
The local council of La Eliana hosts the Red Eléctrica's contest 'Olympiada entreREDes'
Red Eléctrica contributes to birdlife conservation in the region of Valencia
A Red Eléctrica project selected as finalist of the 2016 EnerTIC Awards
Security of supply in the Barcelona area strengthened
Red Eléctrica, Global Partner of the #PorElClima Community
Helicopter used to replace towers of the Ciudadela-Mercadal line (Menorca)
CSR projects in municipalities of Castellón, linked to the Mezquita-Morella electricity line
The exhibition 'A highway behind the wall socket' is inaugurated in Palma de Majorca
What is the Red Eléctrica Index?
The "Young people for young people" project in Gran Canaria is launched
Collaboration to maintain trails in the surroundings of the Ordesa Park
Eva Pagán highlights Red Eléctrica's commitment to the prevention of forest fires
The 'entreREDes' game, at the Murcia Science Week
Another male golden eagle captured and fitted with a radio-tracking device in Navarra
Jose Folgado takes part in a conference on the future of renewable energy
The virtuous circle of electrification
Red Eléctrica presents the study 'Posidonia oceanica' at Madrid's Royal Botanical Garden
Red Eléctrica has received an award from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Red Eléctrica renews its collaboration with the city of El Granado (Huelva)
Over 86,000 people have visited the exhibition 'A highway behind the wall socket' in Tarrasa
Red Eléctrica supports the 13th 'Granaries and landscapes' Fast Painting Contest
Red Eléctrica collaborates with APROSCOM in Manacor (Majorca)
Red Eléctrica, in the Transparency, Good Governance and Integrity Cluster of Forética
Red Eléctrica and cultural heritage
Red Eléctrica participates in the 'Noite da Industria 2016'
Red Eléctrica supports the creation of new study facilities in Monzón (Huesca)
Mr. Folgado announces the full integration of the Balearic systems into the peninsular system
Site visit to the project works for the interconnection of the electric systems of Chile
Red Electrica helps improve three tourist trails in Jarque de la Val (Teruel)
The Red Eléctrica CR report goes up in the ReportWatch world ranking
Over thirty classic and vintage boats competed against each other in the 'Illas Atlánticas' Regatta
Find out more about electricity transmission lines with PELI
Red Eléctrica publishes data regarding the progress of the installation of smart meters
The 'Red Eléctrica de España' wins the 35th edition of the Copa del Rey de Vela
Red Eléctrica presents the 'Enlace' Trophies to the leaders of the 35th edition of the 'Copa del Rey de Vela'
The Soria-Chira project receives the declaration of strategic interest
Collaboration with the Regional Government of Aragón to protect birdlife
The fifth edition of the Electrical Energy Campus in Castilla y León comes to an end
Capture and radio-tagging of a Golden Eagle in the Ribera de Navarra
Collaboration with the University of Zaragoza in training and research activities
Red Eléctrica promotes sustainable development actions in Sagunto (Valencia)
The electricity demand in the first half of 2016 remained unchanged with regard to 2015
Red Eléctrica collaborates on the restoration of the Palacio de los Niños de Don Gome in Andújar (Jaén)
The Regional Minister for Economic Development, Tourism and Employment of the Region of Murcia visits Red Eléctrica
Visit to the Iberian Imperial Eagle conservation project in the Doñana Natural Park
Teresa Quirós, Chief Financial Officer, receives an award from the 'Actualidad Económica' magazine
Red Eléctrica finances social projects in various municipalities of Castellón
Agreement with the Council of the city of Palma to renovate a space dedicated to culture
Support for the National Music Festival in Sanlúcar la Mayor, Seville
The management team of the University Centre of the Civil Guard visits Red Eléctrica's control centre.
Young talents test their knowledge with the 'entreREDes' digital game
1,200 people take part in the 'Gran Fondo Ézaro' cycling event
Red Eléctrica supports people with disabilities of the Valle de Benasque
Third edition of the Starmus Festival
Red Eléctrica's effort to become an excellent company, receives an award
Opportunities for growth
Red Eléctrica ranked number 35 of the 100 companies with the best corporate reputation in Spain
The Official Association of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia analyses the electricity interconnection with France
Participation in the 'Reindustrialisation of Euskadi' conference held in Bilbao
Red Eléctrica revamps the website of the EIC Local Issuing Office
Red Eléctrica's 10th Collective Bargaining Agreement. Sustainability
Collaboration with the Ekokultura Fair, Güeñes (Vizcaya)
Collaboration with the 'Gastroartesanía' exhibition in Merida
EntreREDes. Studing by playing games
The Government of Murcia gives Red Eléctrica an award for its actions in the field of sustainable development
Engineers from the University of Navarra visit the Muruarte substation
The Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha values the rapid response to the Seseña fire
Red Eléctrica collaborates on the conservation of the Marjal de Pego-Oliva Natural Park
And Draghi got his gun
Red Eléctrica receive recognition at the NAOS Strategy Awards 2015
The Santa Teresa Museum shows off its new lighting thanks to the support of Red Eléctrica
Zamora school students participate in the environmental workshops of The Red Eléctrica Forest 'La Carballeda'
Almodóvar del Campo (Ciudad Real) recognises the collaboration of Red Eléctrica in the lighting of its parish church
Future engineers at the University of Zaragoza visit the Peñaflor substation
Six new Bonelli's Eagles arrive in Majorca
Red Eléctrica takes part in the Seville Feria de la Ciencia
Students from Monreal del Campo visit the Mezquita-Morella and Mudéjar-Morella lines
Training for future members of the Spanish Civil Guard regarding safety in electricity facilities
International interconnections, essential for the promotion of renewable energy
Committed to the biodiversity of the region of Valencia
Support for the 'Gran Fondo de Ézaro' cycling race in Dumbría (La Coruña, Spain)
Participation in the Third International Doñana Bird Fair
The Regional Government of Galicia visit the new 'Red Eléctrica Forest' in La Coruña
Bonelli's Eagle Programme in Castellón receives an award
Real-time automatic management of the El Hierro hydro-wind power station
The Firgas Mountain on the Canary Islands will be the next 'Red Eléctrica Forest'
Red Eléctrica's daily electricity balance report
Improvements to the Santa Flora chapel in the municipality of Mas de las Matas (Teruel)
Red Eléctrica collaborates with the Villamayor Semana de la Piedra in Salamanca
The EnREDando corporate volunteering group collaborate with Messengers of Peace
Red Eléctrica and the landscape
Committed to equality
Red Eléctrica renews its collaboration for the reintroduction of the Bonelli's Eagle in Majorca
Construction works for the 220kV El Sabinal substation in Gran Canaria making progress
Chira-Soria: a project to guarantee the supply in the Canary Islands
Presentation of the AEEE awards for young researchers in Energy Economics
Interconnections of the Iberian peninsula with the rest of Europe
First meeting of the Spain's Climate Change Cluster
The Local Council of Castellote, in Teruel, restores the town's antique watering trough with the collaboration of Red Eléctrica
Red Eléctrica takes part in the CSR Forum organised by the 'Andalucía Económica' magazine
Movilab. Step into science
Demand for electricity grew 1.8% in 2015
New chlidren's playground in Andorra (Teruel)
Inelfe wins the Prix Pyrenées
Projects of Common Interest (PCIs)
Pumped-storage hydroelectric power station and operation of the electricity system
Paris Climate Summit: challenges and achievements
The series of Intelligent Energy Forums in the Chamber of Commerce in Seville come to an end
International Volunteer Day. The world changes.
The role of companies in Agenda 2030
Disability and talent
Conservation of the Bonelli's Eagle in Castellón
Red Eléctrica, distinguished in the 18th edition of the Citizens Awards ('Premios Ciudadanos')
The 'Il·lumina't' exhibition opens its doors to the public of Majorca
Wind power energy reached a new all-time high for demand coverage on the Peninsula
Toledo hosts the Informative Seminars on Safety in Forest Fire Fighting Operations
Red Eléctrica's 10th Collective Bargaining Agreement. Efficiency
The workshop 'Discover the light' in Castilla-La Mancha
The electricity interconnection ratio
Red Eléctrica collaborates with the University of Las Palmas on R&D&I projects
Red Eléctrica, recognised by CDP for the transparency of its information on climate change
Red Eléctrica schedules informative workshops on efficient lighting in five municipalities of Castilla y León
Red Eléctrica maintains its leadership as a Company that provides employment
The CARS project receives an award from AEGFA
57 young graduates take part in the 'Practica+' programme 2015-2016


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One of the best jazz pianists in Eastern Europe, Aron Talas, as part of the Aron Talas Trio, performed on the stage of the Baku Jazz Festival 2019.
The event aroused great interest on the part of Azerbaijani young musicians, who took an active part in communication with Belgian musicians.
The press conference addressed issues of an open concert at the Maiden Tower, the festival's beginning, the international contest of young performers "I'm Jazzman" and film part program of the jazz festival
The aim of the international competition of young performers 'I am Jazzman' is to reveal the talent among young beginners musicians who obsessed by Jazz music.
Sophisticated art lovers and connoisseurs are waiting for the Baku autumn, with a wide variety of jazz improvisations


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3 dead, 410 crashes over holiday in Connecticut
MIDDLETOWN -- Connecticut State Police say fatalities and highway accidents were up during the long Thanksgiving weekend over last year.
Police said Monday that three people were killed and 410 accidents were reported.
Last year, two were killed and 389 accidents were reported.
For the holiday weekend that began at midnight Wednesday and ended at midnight Sunday, 62 motorists were charged with DUI and more than 1,600 speeding tickets were issued.
State police also cited drivers for more than 2,800 hazardous moving violations and 85 people were ticketed for failing to wear seat belts.
Fatal accidents were reported on Route 8 in Beacon Falls, Interstate 691 in Southington and I-91 in North Haven.
During last year's Thanksgiving weekend, troopers issued 1,376 speeding tickets and charged 65 motorists with DUI.


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Associate Professor of History
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- Phone: (865) 981-8265
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Education: B.A., Hartwick College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
A brief autobiographical sketch
Not only am I proud to be an associate professor of history at Maryville College, I am also the Director of Maryville College Works, the founding Coordinator of the Great Smokies Experience, and I am currently serving as President of the Southeast World History Association (through December 2019).
I was born just south of the Mason-Dixon line in the great Southern port of Baltimore and grew up in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City. I confess that I was not a stellar student in my public school where they told us that history was about the rote memorization of the names of dead people, dates and trivial factoids. Luckily, I did pretty well in other subjects like journalism and, especially music. I played--and still play--electric bass and guitar. (I also used to play tuba, but the last time I put a tuba to my face it sounded like I was strangling a diseased goat.) Those few successes gave me a sense that I could achieve some success academically and these bright spots on my mixed scholastic record convinced Hartwick College in (very) rural New York State to take a second look at my high school transcript and accept me.
At that small liberal arts college, I met professors who were full-time practitioners and teachers of history who cared about the study of the past, and about their students. They showed me that history is a process of interpreting the past based on evidence, not a practice of filling in little circles on a multiple-choice test. I double-majored in history and philosophy and four years later with a BA in hand, I knew that I wanted to teach at a similar school and change my students' lives the way that my own life was changed at Hartwick.
I enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the University of Texas at Austin and in 2003 I earned my Ph.D. in history with a major field of Latin America, and a minor field in modern Africa. Texas' excellence in the field of graduate-level Latin American history--consistently ranked #1 in this area by U.S. News and World Report--gave me a broad and enriching education in this field. Texas also afforded me opportunities to learn about other fields of history. I was fortunate enough to take an ecological history course with Alfred Crosby, one of the founders of the subject. As a teaching assistant and supplemental instructor, I gained significant teaching experience in U.S. history as well. Despite the understandable emphasis on highly focused research and publishing at Texas, I was still able to broaden my horizons there because the goal that sustained me through this challenging program was my dream of someday teaching at a small liberal arts college.
In 2006, that dream came true. After a few years of teaching alongside wonderful colleagues at other fine institutions, Maryville College ran a national search for a historian and I got the job. To this day I understand how blessed I am to be working here and I am thankful that I've been able to work in a career that I love at a place that emphasizes the core values that made me passionate about learning in the first place.
If you have more questions about my background, here's a copy of my CV. Please feel free to email me if you need to get in contact with me, and thanks for stopping by.


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